Posted May 21, 2012, by Nazita Saye
I’m not a fan of soccer (urm I mean football). I’m more of a Rugby gal myself. But on Saturday I along with 100+ fans played sardines in a small pub and jostled for the best viewing position in front of one of the handful of TVs to watch the European Cup game. The pub erupted when England scored the winning penalty shot. I had not seen so many grown men scream, dance and cry with joy at the same time. … Read More
Tags:
Bronswerk Heat Transfer,
CFD,
Air-Cooled Cooler,
ROI,
Whizz-Wheel,
fans,
FloEFD
Posted Sep 16, 2011, by Nazita Saye
For the past few months I’ve been working behind the scenes on a very exciting project. I’ve been working with the good folks at the Aberdeen Group, a leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) industry consulting and research organization, to better understand the ROI of using simulation -- specifically CFD. Of course as a leading developer of CFD software we inherently understand the value of simulation … Read More
Tags:
CFD,
ROI,
Concurrent CFD
Posted Jul 4, 2011, by Nazita Saye
I don’t particularly care for airports. You rush to get to them. You rush thru check-in and push your way thru never-ending queues to go thru security and get the prerequisite pre-boarding massage (I seem to get pat downs as I go thru security a lot and even though I gladly submit to them I’m starting to think that they are a new service that the airlines provide and thus deserve a proper marketing … Read More
Tags:
CFD,
electromagnetic,
Avionics,
ROI,
Thermal Analysis,
FloEFD,
interference
Posted Dec 6, 2010, by Nazita Saye
I’ve got the WIFI blues.
Our American skiing buddies (whom we haven’t seen for three years) are making the great trek across the Atlantic ocean for a ski vacation in France. Among the usual list of requirements (good snow and nice range of terrains and activities) was “must have WIFI”. They were happy to compromise on transfer time, travel by car/air/sea/train and even schlep bags on public transport. … Read More
Tags:
WiFi,
CFD,
electroincs,
antenna,
Solar,
Thermal Management,
ROI
Posted Feb 24, 2010, by Nazita Saye
If you are involved with semiconductor packaging design, then have I got news for you.
We just announced the availability of FloTHERM IC – a web-based tool that delivers a high level of automation to design tasks associated with full-spectrum thermal characterization and validation.
From what I understand, a typical semiconductor thermal team spends about 60% of their time on standard package thermal … Read More
Tags:
Semiconductor,
ROI,
Smart Parts,
CFD,
BGA Substrates,
Thermal Characterization,
JEDEC,
Package Design,
Validation,
FloTHERM IC,
FloTHERM PACK
Posted Jan 23, 2010, by Thomas Bollaert
When adopting new methodologies, measuring and understanding the actual return on investment is always an important thing to do. While it is usually easy to see the upfront costs – the investment – it is equally easy to overlook the other half of the equation – the actual return.
In this video I’ll share with you the example of an ROI calculation which a Catapult customer did a little while ago.
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Tags:
Catapult C Synthesis,
High-Level Synthesis,
ROI
Posted Oct 14, 2009, by Nazita Saye
When budgets are tight most managers think about the same thing before they sign on the dotted line: is this new tool going to help us get more done faster/better/smarter? If the answer is no then like most managers I don’t make the investment. Instead I focus on an activity that’s going to give me the best return on investment (ROI).
That’s why last week I talked about time compression being … Read More
Tags:
Time Compression,
CFD,
Design,
CAD-Embedded,
Process Compression,
ROI,
Design Engineer,
Mesh
Posted Aug 14, 2009, by John Parry
Strictly speaking that’s mechanical engineers, and the information comes from Parametric Design Corporation (PTC), in their white paper Five Things You Should Know About 3D CAD Software. As PTC say - it’s a startling fact.
Having had experience of keeping track of my own time to charge to different projects the figure really jumped out at me. I found that if you take away the time spent on internal … Read More
Tags:
Design Flow,
Fluid Dynamics,
ROI,
FloEFD,
Return on Investment,
CAE Market,
Design Process,
Flow Behavior
Posted Jun 22, 2009, by Paul Johnston
This is not controversial. But it is surprisingly often neglected, or lost sight of when organizations are considering refreshing their capabilities for systems interconnect tool integrations. The IT professionals involved in evaluating the vendor offerings know what they are looking for, the electrical engineers, the harness designers and wiring specialists have a well polished technical appreciation … Read More
Tags:
ROI,
RFI,
CHS,
RFQ,
Evaluation
Posted Jun 15, 2009, by Paul Johnston
Requests for Quotation, Requests for Information come the way of the sales force in Mentor Graphics frequently. Prospective customers ask for testimonials, competence, references and proof of functionality.
Following on from my last posting here is what I found. My experience, my analysis of the data.
These requirements in total over all documents I reviewed show a very even split. Hundreds of individual … Read More
Tags:
Purchasing,
Process Model,
Request for Quotation,
ROI,
RFI,
CHS,
Evaluation,
Interoperability,
RFQ,
Electrical CAD
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